There Is No Machine That Turns Water Into Wine In 3 Days — Here's Why I Was Dupedhttp://www.businessinsider.com/lot18-founders-miracle-machine-is-a-hoax-2014-3/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sun, 02 Aug 2015 16:51:42 -0400Alyson Shontellhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53239aa76da81113311ad619Virginia Adrada (@VirginiaAdrada)Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:11:19 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53239aa76da81113311ad619
Well... even if it's for a good cause the whole campaign is non-sense, how come you don't expect to be viral? Wether it's possible or not that machine when making a campaign you should the effects of it all.
I think they could have done something different and not involve thirds when they are not expected.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5322711b6bb3f7540629bd7cpatrick kThu, 13 Mar 2014 23:01:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5322711b6bb3f7540629bd7c
patrick k on Mar 1, 3:46 PM said:
I think the accident affected his brain. What excuse do potential investors have?
You have learned a valuable lesson Alyson and it has nothing to do with someone lying. If it sounds too good to be true, it ain't. Only Jesus could do this! ;~)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53222b42ecad04402f7bea3dhuh?Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:03:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53222b42ecad04402f7bea3d
Wait, so a former Lot18 employee invited you to lunch, then gave you tip to investigate (which you did) and then was systematically lied to by James? Sounds like they wanted to get back at you for something, probably labeling L18 as "NY's most tragic startup story," (which is true). How are you going to get back at these guys?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532211fa6da8114662760450i support alysonThu, 13 Mar 2014 16:15:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532211fa6da8114662760450
You guys are all missing the point. James straight up lied, on the record, and approved the story. Their working relationship had an element of trust, and James/Lot18 often went to Alyson to break other news. Hopefully James can no longer rely on Alyson to produce press for any other venture, true or false, anymore. Ps: This isn't the first delusional thought James has had. He once thought he was going to change the way america bought wine, and duped investors to giving him $50M!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5321c2606bb3f79127465efeAleksey KorzunThu, 13 Mar 2014 10:36:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5321c2606bb3f79127465efe
You are basically pissed you were tricked into raising awareness about problems in third world countries?
All this does is shows that you don't care about this cause; switch context for a minute and pretend they were raising awareness for women rights and you wrote how they tricked you into doing it and how upset you were.
Sounds ridiculous right?
Go along with it next time even if you don't give a damn about it, this makes you look pretty bad.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532162a5ecad04836bfc4e69SwayThu, 13 Mar 2014 03:47:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532162a5ecad04836bfc4e69
Damm I thought Jimmy Kimmel was gonna come and say.... Fooled ya all!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53213220eab8ea2510fc4e71Lark MandyThu, 13 Mar 2014 00:20:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53213220eab8ea2510fc4e71
Just stop... you lost... it was funny... charity wins... no need to keep defending yourself... let it go. stop. laugh. life is short :)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53211af969bedd5838fc4e67James1Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:01 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53211af969bedd5838fc4e67
Why even bother with a retraction or whatever? Journalism isn't BI's strong suit anyways.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320f1ce69beddbc2afc4e69Come onWed, 12 Mar 2014 19:46:22 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320f1ce69beddbc2afc4e69
He told you not to write about it! Don't call him a liar. You asked to write about it, he said no, you said "i want to write about it anyway" and he didn't stop you.
This is on you. Not him.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320dec76da811fb16fc4e69MrPeabodyWed, 12 Mar 2014 18:25:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320dec76da811fb16fc4e69
I can make wine into water in less than two hours.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320dcea6bb3f7fe09d16445lisbeth jardineWed, 12 Mar 2014 18:17:14 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320dcea6bb3f7fe09d16445
Not only are a lot of people not exactly "up" on science, but these folks, the purveyors of the hoax, seem to have missed out on Kant and ethics--there's supposed to be something about means and ends--that there's supposed to be a congruence. If one loves all of suffering humanity, especially the poor, one doesn't go around making dupes of another part of humanity. The categoriacal imperative, by a guy named Kant, you know?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320dc736da811100afc4e6bLot18Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:15:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320dc736da811100afc4e6b
Lot18 was poorly conceived and run because the people that ran had no idea how the wine business really works, nor what the real issues are for producers or consumers. Add to it that they basically did a bait and switch with wines after the initial push to make more money, did not have strict shipping policies nor all of the real info that people want on wineries. Why did a brand new company think they could just spout whatever they wanted about the price with nothing to back up....once they started shipping the cheap juice. Not to mention the arbitrary nature of prices in general and the complete lack of great, hard to find wines once they started to drag on.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320dadc6da811d101fc4e70fredlledWed, 12 Mar 2014 18:08:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320dadc6da811d101fc4e70
Ok, I somehow missed hearing of this miracle machine but, being a beer maker, um... It's simple organic chemistry. Yeast eat sugars and pee alcohol. Can do it in a few days but letting inks go a couple weeks works better. And then there's the aging. Will be pretty harsh straight from fermenter.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320d9c4ecad044911fc4e71geekiestwomanWed, 12 Mar 2014 18:03:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320d9c4ecad044911fc4e71
There you go passing the blame, typical for millennials huh. AND you wonder why people like ME do NOT hire you. Grow Up and TAKE THE BLAME for your OWN stupidity, laziness. Astonishing that you'd believe water into wine story. #DUH #LameBrain #BADWriter #NOTaJOURNALIST Skepticism has NOTHING to do with your inability to see a joke right in front of your eyes.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320d6186da811ea6bfc4e6aAlyson ShontellWed, 12 Mar 2014 17:48:08 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320d6186da811ea6bfc4e6a
Yes, I should have been more skeptical. But this is someone I've had many conversations with over the years and I was flat-out lied to. I didn't publish before speaking with him. The job becomes more difficult when someone who should be a credible source lies.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320d2b9eab8ea8d31fc4e6ekrypticWed, 12 Mar 2014 17:33:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320d2b9eab8ea8d31fc4e6e
"moonshine" is typically 160 proof.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320d03feab8ea8926fc4e6faww geezWed, 12 Mar 2014 17:23:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320d03feab8ea8926fc4e6f
you can make your own wine in two weeks via
wine yeast + sugared juice + container + two weeks of fermentation >>>>>> cheap moonshine.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320cec569beddd11afc4e76Some GuyWed, 12 Mar 2014 17:16:53 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320cec569beddd11afc4e76
I really don't need to read that much text about trying to justify why you did an incredibly poor reporting job.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320ccef69beddb114fc4e6eSynopticistWed, 12 Mar 2014 17:09:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5320ccef69beddb114fc4e6e
Water into wine, in 3 days?
Maybe if someone had read the Gospel of John they wouldn't have fallen for it?